Who (who are the most important people in the text?)
Paige Sultzbach, Our Lady of Sorrows and Mesa academy
What (what happens in the text, what is the text about?)
Their was a team that forfeits the game because their was a girl player on their opponent team.
Where (what is the setting, or where is the action happening?)
The baseball tournament happend in Arizona.
When (when is this happening?)
This happened on Friday May 11th 2012
Why (why is the action/problem/story happening?)
The problem of this article is that the other team Our Lady of Sorrows forfeit the game because the school Mesa had a girl player on the boys baseball team and because of their religious beliefs.
What is the "Big Idea," or "Main Point" of the text?
The main Idea of the story is the other team Our Lady of Sorrows forfeits the game because there was a girl on their opponent team and aldo they believe that playing the game would violate the school mission to teach girls and boys separately.
Are there other ideas or sub-points that we need to include?
The sub-point that we need to include in the article is that Mesa prep didn't want win by forfeiting the game.
Now you have all the information you need to write a summary. Using the above information, and without simply retelling the article try and summarize it below.
This article was about a girl named Paige Sultzbach playing on the boys baseball team because at her school Mesa academy had no girls softball team. On May 11, 2012 they played the championship game their opponent was the school named Our Lady of Sorrows. The school Our Lady of Sorrows forfeited the game because their was a girl on the other team and also because of their religious beliefs. Paige didn't want to win by the other team forfeiting the game they wanted to win by playing fair.
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Who (who are the most important people in the text?)
Paige Sultzbach, Our Lady of Sorrows and Mesa academy
What (what happens in the text, what is the text about?)
Their was a team that forfeits the game because their was a girl player on their opponent team.
Where (what is the setting, or where is the action happening?)
The baseball tournament happend in Arizona.
When (when is this happening?)
This happened on Friday May 11th 2012
Why (why is the action/problem/story happening?)
The problem of this article is that the other team Our Lady of Sorrows forfeit the game because the school Mesa had a girl player on the boys baseball team and because of their religious beliefs.
What is the "Big Idea," or "Main Point" of the text?
The main Idea of the story is the other team Our Lady of Sorrows forfeits the game because there was a girl on their opponent team and aldo they believe that playing the game would violate the school mission to teach girls and boys separately.
Are there other ideas or sub-points that we need to include?
The sub-point that we need to include in the article is that Mesa prep didn't want win by forfeiting the game.
Now you have all the information you need to write a summary. Using the above information, and without simply retelling the article try and summarize it below.
This article was about a girl named Paige Sultzbach playing on the boys baseball team because at her school Mesa academy had no girls softball team. On May 11, 2012 they played the championship game their opponent was the school named Our Lady of Sorrows. The school Our Lady of Sorrows forfeited the game because their was a girl on the other team and also because of their religious beliefs. Paige didn't want to win by the other team forfeiting the game they wanted to win by playing fair.